UP 2746 leads an intermodal through Nelson, past a coaling tower and searchlights, both figments of the past nowadays.

𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞! What a truly awesome way to start off 2019. Something extremely rare happened on New... (more)

With temperatures well below freezing, a quartet of Rio Grande tunnel motors pull an eastbound UP manifest through Golconda, NV. The line follows the circuitous route of the meandering and bracki... (more)

First light and (at the time) a newer UP locomotive grinds uphill at Troy, CA in the typical winterwonderland on Donner Pass.

Train #153 is in the hole for a Z train to pass, while MoW has to wait a bit longer to replace some switch ties the old fashion way (by hand) under the west switch at Bivins. The open switch lock ... (more)

Last MRONY
On December 8, 2018, EMD SD70ACe-T4 No. 3035 leads the last MRONY (Roper Yard in Salt Lake City to North Yard in Denver) freight at Blue Mountain grade crossing west of Eisele... (more)

Conforming to the gently meandering bends in the Humboldt River the 'westbound main' of Union Pacific's Elko Subdivision (ex-SP) has just crossed under the eastbound main (ex-WP) in the background... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train leaves Pinecliffe, Colorado, on September 20, 2001. The locomotive is lead by EMD SD9043MAC No. 8042 followed by a pair of GE AC4400CWs, Nos. 6538 and 6756.

Missouri Pacific power leads Union Pacific train MF (Memphis to Fort Worth) as it approaches the stop for the crew change in Texarkana. The signals on the semaphore are distant approach signals, w... (more)

UP 7562 is negotiating the curves around Cienega Creek as it heads underneath the famous bridge and traditional westbound track on the UP Lordsburg sub.

On the first of December in the beautiful winter morning light, a Union Pacific manifest grinds up the steep grade at Fenner to the summit at Dragoon Az. Also an interesting note, a large group of... (more)

The Southern Pacific Heritage engine leads on this Eastbound Roper, UT to Denver manifest train with the Roan Plateau in the background.

With a head-end manifest block, a result of Union Pacific's newly adopted precision scheduled railroading, the westbound ZNPOA follows the meandering Humboldt through rugged Palisade Canyon.

UP 1983 leads a heavy Fort Worth to West Colton manifest up the steep 2% grade at chamiso.

A westbound mixed freight rolls west through scenic Echo Canyon, just east of the Canyon's namesake.